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Donald McCorkle was ordered held today after Judge Lynn Leibovitz found probable cause for the second degree murder charge against him, according to court records. Prosecutors say in March of this year, McCorkle chased down Bruce Parker, shot him, and killed him. When the charge was presented to McCorkle in October, McCorkle’s attorney said her …
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Prosecutors say Donald McCorkle chased down Bruce Parker, shot him, and killed him. McCorkle’s attorney says it’s not that simple. In court Friday for the presentment of a second-degree murder charge, McCorkle’s attorney said her client feared Parker. The day Parker was killed, she said, McCorkle was released from a three week hospital stay for …
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Donald Harry McCorkle was arrested today in connection with the shooting death of Bruce Parker in March, MPD says. McCorkle, 45, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed. Read MPD’s press release after the jump. October 6, 2011 Arrest Made in the Homicide in the 1300 block of Bryant Street, NE (Washington, DC)-Detectives …
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UPDATE: The Washington Post reports that the victim of this shooting was Bruce Parker, a 47-year-old D.C. man. A shooting Monday night in the 1300 block of Bryant St Northeast left one man dead, WUSA and the Washington Post report. The victim was a 47-year-old Silver Spring man, Fifth District Commander Andy Solberg said in …
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